In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.
-Henry David Thoreau
Quotations
Silence
Never say anything that doesn't improve on silence.
-Richard Yates
"A Good School"
Slowly we became silent, and silence itself if an enemy to friendship.
-Norman Maclean
"A River Runs Through It and Other Stories"
When the world is too loud, silence is my only voice.
-Nouf Alfadl
Music is pleasing not only because of the sound but because of the silence that is in it: without the alternation of sound and silence there would be no rhythm.
-Thomas Merton
"No Man Is an Island"
Mostly, we talk to impress. And sometimes we shut up to impress, too.
-Nema Al Araby
Smiling with all the existence is Silence.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
The fruit of silence is prayer.
-Mother Teresa
In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.
-Robert Lynd
Too many people seem to believe that silence was a void that needed to be filled, even if nothing important was said.
-Nicholas Sparks
"Nights in Rodanthe"
